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In these pages we One of the aspects of my role that I prize will tell you more about how your donations are highly is the opportunity to thank our donors for the loyalty and commitment used, and share the stories of those who benefit they entrust to Hertford’s future. Over from your generosity. the last financial year our alumni and friends have helped us raise over £700,000! Those funds have been All of our publications are produced with you in used to fund student support initiatives, mind, and they are heavily influenced by feedback contributed towards essential renovation we receive from the alumni community. So if there works of our heritage buildings, and many other projects besides. The pages are particular details you’d like to know, more that follow will tell you more about how emphasis on one area, less about another, let us your donations make a huge impact on know! We’re always pleased to hear from you. our ability to undertake our work. We’re incredibly lucky to have such a strong and supportive community. Thank you all for being part of our success. Contents Thank you, from the Principal ...................................................................................3 Fundraising in 2015-16 ................................................................................................4 Putting your donations to work ................................................................................8 Academic excellence, commitment to fairness & opportunity .......................10 Who benefits from your donations? ......................................................................12 Meet some of the people doing teaching and research at Hertford .......... 24 Meet our donors! .......................................................................................................28 Thank you to 2015-2016 donors ...........................................................................30 What next for Hertford? ...........................................................................................35 Thank you, Hertford College from the @HertfordCollege Hertford College Alumni HertfordCollege Principal Development Office, Hertford College, Oxford, OX1 3BW T: +44 (0) 1865 279428 | E: [email protected] W:| www.hertford.ox.ac.uk 3 Fundraising in Last year Hertford held events for alumni & friends, 2015-16…. 2 4 Donations with 1,820 event attendees Last year Small gifts make a big difference* *Of course, big gifts make a big difference too...J Since Last year Altogether, which is equivalent to £728,000 of these smaller 1989 gifts raised over half our 751 704 £1,000 student support people made or less 1,331 alumni and people made was raised donations £137,691 expenditure. friends have donated a gift to the in pledges to Hertford. college & donations That’s the power of working as a team! How many people give How much do people give? Regular gifts to Hertford? Average monthly gifts by age-range 5 people gave £20,001+ 35 1 gave £10,001-£20,000 751 41 gave 30 £1,001-£10,000 Average 60 gave £501-£1,000 monthly gift 25 is £26 310 gave £101-£500 20 15 581 582 567 334 gave up 10 to £100 556 541 5 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 0 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 4 5 Telethon Legacies • 11 new legacy pledges (which means there are now over 127 people who have pledged to leave something spoke to to Hertford) 625 • One alumnus has just pledged Hertford a 13 alumni & very generous legacy friends callers gift – 20% of his estate! Over Raised £220,000 £53,000 238 received from £1,000 in donations Matched fund donors of £175,000 7 legacies 48% 23% £5,000 of those we spoke to of those donors had not pledged a donation given to Hertford before £10,000 £2,500 £29,000 £5,000 £792 6 7 How gifts were used in 2015-16 Putting your Your gifts partially or wholly funded all of the projects below: donations to work! Gifts from our friends and alumni allow us to maintain the unique Student support Teaching & College life Buildings tutorial system, support our research students with essential bursaries, 94 bursaries Donations funded 18 New kit for the 8 student bedrooms scholarships and grants, keep of £1,000 were research awards for rugby squad, funded were renovated in awarded to student travel to 15 by a donation from the newly acquired up important outreach work, and undergraduates with countries an alumnus 11 Winchester Road extend our program of renovation family income under and improvements to the historic £53,000 Donations were Running machine 36 bedrooms given for teaching for the student (including kitchens buildings. Thank you! 60 hardship of: gym, funded by a and facilities) in grants of £500- - Economics memorial donation Geoffrey Warnock 95% of donors in 2015-16 £1,000 were - History from the Hertford House were gave to the general fund, given to students - Medicine Society renovated (JCR, MCR, Other which means their gift experiencing - Computer Science Club etc.) Boat was put towards the unexpected & Philosophy Renovation of 13 2 new boilers most pressing needs financial difficulty - PPE historic portraits, were fitted in the of the college. - Geography. funded by the Graduate Centre n Ac 25 graduates collective support of to service 86 tio ad va e o m received Hertford These gifts were the Hertford Society. bathrooms and 17 n ic e c scholarships used towards kitchens r o & s supported by academic expenses 8 choral awards s ts g donations in those subjects. of £250 were The historic Old Hall in d il funded by specific was renovated. u B 40 school pupils donations attended the new fully-funded Two books from the outreach summer historic collection Gifts to the general school were renovated giving fund following specific 94 outreach events donations from s t at Hertford alumni and Fellows n These gifts are allocated to a r our three main funds (student g 51 schools visited by Donations to the p support, teaching & research, U i h n our Outreach Fellow boat club were s college life) and are then used d d e r alongside other donations for pooled with student r a g H many different projects. r 3,000 potential subscriptions to a d applicants were cover match entry u 90% of a s t s met face-to-face at fees, coaching, e e c b outreach events. equipment and c student u a r s rowing bursaries. & a r h i e c support s a e r t u O expenditure was funded G s r a p i d h u s a r t a l e o s h c by donations 8 9 Academic excellence 677 392 142 undergraduate interviews